Has anyone found a way to clean the carafe? Am I missing something or is the carafe impossible to clean unless you have tiny tiny hands?
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Old diner trick, ice and rock salt or chunky sea salt. The salt melts to and sticks to ice, acts like scrubbers, swirl around in pot until clean then rinse, no chemicals.
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You can use a bottle brush or put in ice and add salt shaking it around.... The reaction between the salt and melting ice with the movement helps remove coffee build up.
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Hi James, I've got a GREAT tip... Ice Cubes! Yep, straight from the door of the fridge door if you have that luxury, crushed, if possible. Put about a cup in the carafe and put the lid back on. Put some jazz music on and get your groove on dancing, but don't throw out your back, just the ice! Do this for several times with a little dish soap added then rinse and rinse. This ONLY works with the jazz music!! Give it a try. Enjoy your coffee maker. When it is all clean, enjoy a great cuppa with your friends, you know, the ones who have come to give you the physical therapy! Just kidding. I like to have fun with my coffee, I have so few pleasures left in this life! Hi James, I've got a GREAT tip... Ice Cubes! Yep, straight from the door of the fridge door if you have that luxury, crushed, if possible. Put about a cup in the carafe and put the lid back on. Put some jazz music on and get your groove on dancing, but don't throw out your back, just the ice! Do this for several times with a little dish soap added then rinse and rinse. This ONLY works with the jazz music!! Give it a try. Enjoy your coffee maker. When it is all clean, enjoy a great cuppa with your friends, you know, the ones who have come to give you the physical therapy! Just kidding. I... » Read More Hi James, I've got a GREAT tip... Ice Cubes! Yep, straight from the door of the fridge door if you have that luxury, crushed, if possible. Put about a cup in the carafe and put the lid back on. Put some jazz music on and get your groove on dancing, but don't throw out your back, just the ice! Do this for several times with a little dish soap added then rinse and rinse. This ONLY works with the jazz music!! Give it a try. Enjoy your coffee maker. When it is all clean, enjoy a great cuppa with your friends, you know, the ones who have come to give you the physical therapy! Just kidding. I like to have fun with my coffee, I have so few pleasures left in this life! « Show Less
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Argh! I forgot what a pain it is to clean. This is such a horrible product. KitchenAid never should have put their name on it.
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Place one tablespoon of powdered diswasher detergent into the carafe and fill with hot tap water. Place the lid on and agitate a bit. let it sit for about an hour and then use bottle brushes to clean the inside. Empty and rinse well, 4 or 5 times. Comes out like brand new!
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Use oxi-clean.. Let soak in hot water for 1/2 hour .. No need to put your hands in
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I use a simple coffee pot cleaner. Under $5 at the local grocery store. Let it soak for a couple of minutes and viola, clean pot.
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I have the tall carafe which has about a 2.5 inch opening. Can't get hand in but haven't had any problems cleaning it.
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I have called Melitta and since they have discontinued this model (MEMB1) there are NO replacement parts. They did give me the part numbers to search on the internet for the replacement carafe (MEMBCFW - white or MEMBCFB - black). I am very frustrated, and I feel that I may have to throw the whole coffee maker away. This is not a very customer friendly product or company if they don't have replacement parts!
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It does not self-clean. I clean it with white vinegar once every three or four months. We also clean the carafe well once a month or so.
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Carol, You will never be able to get the coffee stain out from the carafe. I just wash in hot hot with dawn.I have found that the stain does not effect the taste of the coffee.
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It would be awkward to get your hand with a sponge inside the carafe. However, maybe one of those sponges on a stick. Also, the carafe can not be submerged in water.
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o, it's not extra delicate. I am on my second carafe, Iam just careful in how I handle it and wash it. I was not able to find another carafe that fit. Good luck!
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That is very sad that the glass pot broke. I have worried about the same thing happening each time I wash it as it seems so fragile. I wonder if you contacted Mr. Coffee directly if you could order a new replacement pot? I think that might be your best bet. Hope this helps!
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Try cleaning with vinager, trying running it thru the brewing cycle. If that doesn't work, send it back. I didn't have that problem with mines.
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Not sure which bottom part of the coffee maker, my wife has been using Siphon coffee maker for at least 30 years and she never has problem to clean both interior or exterior of the bottom pot (I believe that is the bottom part you mentioned), use small amount of dish detergent will clean both. But be careful to hold on the both top and bottom units while you do the cleaning, especially the top unit, my wife is a very careful person but she had broken at least 6 of them so far, and just 1 of the bottom so she is holding 5 or 6 unused bottom units for spares in case it breaks in future.
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No, the carafe needs to be hand washed and not submerged in water. It is so super easy to clean, though.
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When I contacted B&D;'s customer service about replacing the carafe--it was cracked/chipped when we took it out of the box--they wouldn't replace it. I don't know, though, if they will sell a replacement. I'm so disappointed in this machine, I'm hoping the carafe will finally break so I can get something different!
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I clean mine by rinsing or with the little brush every day. It only takes seconds to rinse or brush. Sometimes there are leftover coffee beans or a little build up of grounds. I have a friend who had one for 6 years and he told me to give it a quick rinse when I put in new beans. Pretty easy.
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Soak inside with hot tap water, a scoop of dishwasher detergent and, for added benefit, throw in some baking soda. The black innards of my stainless carafe come out sparkling clean every time. It's a miracle! We have had our Cuisinart DTC-975BKN coffeemaker for about ten years and use it two to three times daily. We like it so much that we have ordered another one for backup.
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I don't know why it happens but I had the same experience and left a review here on it. One way to work around it is (and this only works if you're only making 3 or so cups, otherwise you'll have a mess) to not put the carafe in until it's done brewing. I kept the dumb thing but ordered the glass universal which works fine.
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Very easy to clean. Hand-wash the carafe, wipe it out with a sponge, and sometimes use a bit of baking soda around the pour spout and rim. The basket area needs to be wiped with a wet paper towel occasionally. It is a good coffee maker and easy maintenance.
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Good luck, tried the cleaning with vinegar & water MANY times. The machine still has issues & have complained to Krups. I have had other Krups coffee makers for many years & never been so irritated & disappointed in their product. They have offered for me to send it back, but that will take weeks for them to receive it, diagnose it & basically send me a new one(which is what I requested in the first place). My machine has a real problem. It can't figure out whether to beep or brew or not brew or beep & then brew maybe later. I am just going to trash it & never buy another KRUPS.